Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Totally just realized that the Librarian in me is completely against the concept of hashtags. Build better apps that don't require humans to enter stupid encodings so your stupid query engine can parse the #stupid #non #normalized #nonnormalized #hash-tags - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Is someone having a bad day? - tabbr

Right on. Can't stand em. - Ben Hanten

@everyone #kthxbai I'm going to go buy a crapload of fireworks instead of getting all upset over hashtags. God bless America. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

#youarewrong - Robert Scoble via iPhone

I'm cool with helpful, necessary hashtags but #doing #them #just #because #you #can #is #stupid. - Rochelle

@Robert - #onlyforcertain #usecases #not #conversations. #event-based #tags = useful # a bunch of non-normalized stuf = it pollutes the query engine. Why should my mom or your wife need to understand/learn how to use something as complex as hash tags? - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

We, as application and service developers need to build better apps that smartly and implicitly add / collect / encode metadata where appropriate. That's why I'm more of a fan of Microformats, APML, and RDFa over #hashtags. Let's use some more robust semi-standards in our apps and hide the complexity from the end user instead of putting the burden on them to dream up their own metadata encodings. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Hash tags should be used only if something is very important or in the case of a conference, using all the time defeats the purpose, if everything is important then nothing is. - Kim Landwehr

what good is this: http://friendfeed.com/search... now I've just introduced recursion into the loop. pun intended. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Embedding searchable metatdata in comments using one character seems quite cool to me. It probably shouldn't be the only way to add such metatdata to posts, though. FF could also use #realtags - not just #hashtags. - Tim Tyler

#realtimesearch test edit: cool i guess the hash auto adds the <a> tag text to the search so we don't see http://friendfeed.com/search... - Chris Heath

LOL... I totally agree. I do not follow folks on FF that have nothing but a Twitter feed linked. Hashtags are for Twitter. Conversations are for FriendFeed. - Sean MacDhai

So you want egg, bacon, spam and sausage without the spam? - John Rubier

@infintelymeta Hash tags are organic. They offer the 'average user' the opportunity to mark their idea with some TAG that they hope others might find. If your inner Librarian thinks this is pedestrian and sullies FriendFeed, perhaps you and you librarian peeps should offer a HOWTO on hash tags for the Rest Of Us. - Jason Miller

Very good point Jason. They are organic and they are used in quirky and somewhat unintended ways. I'm certainly not going to point you to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, the Library of Congress Classification Scheme, or Dewey Decimal system for guidance on controlled vocabularies and such. Maybe I will blog out some basic tips.... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg via Android

organic? with intelligent search, you should find the same results whether you search for #michaeljackson or "michael jackson" ... instead of using hastags, lets improve our ability to search and mine data... and I don't think the 'average user' actually uses hashtags.. at least not my friends IRL that I consider 'average users'. [ just offering a different POV :) ] - Sean MacDhai

ha, to spite me, FF turned #michaeljackson into a clickable link ;) - Sean MacDhai

Rofl Sean - Brian Daniel Eisenberg via iPhone

meh. whatever. they seem to be more of a cliquish thing than anything else - slightly useful for events but why should #event09 be any different than event09? you just earned yourself a sub, Brian - cuz I'm cliquish about subbing to all my librarian peeps. - Laura Norvig

I think it's useful _as long as they DON'T show the trends_. The moment you list the trends, spammers will know what to do - Ahsan Ali

I'm sorry, I don't understand your contention Ahsan. Please elaborate..... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Brian, if FriendFeed starts displaying the top trending hashtags like Twitter does, spammers will try to game the system, by using hashtags out of context .. as it happens now on Twitter. - Ahsan Ali

an interesting proposal, i wonder what the ff team thinks about it ahsan - Chris Heath

Thanks for the clarification Ahsan. I see your point now and have also noticed how spammers/trolls are exploiting event-based hashtags on Twitter. I don't think blocking is the answer either because while YOU may not see a troll/spammy post, everyone else who hasn't blocked the troll/spammer will. It's a challenging problem to police & contend with. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

#funny #shit ... :o) - Rob Sellen :o)

Brian, once enough people block the spammer will have their account frozen. Or something. I noticed that even one report in the ff spam group can get taken care of by the ffteam ... And quickly too. - Chris Heath via iPhone

I think that the better choice is to report in the spam group that wAy you reserve bloks for true jerks - Chris Heath via iPhone

You are right Chris. They do a phenomenal job here on Friendfeed of keeping spam to a minimum. I almost never see spam for very long here. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

The fact that #FriendFeed makes links out of #hashtags must mean they want us to use them. Now I feel compelled to tag my (and everyone else's) posts with relevant meta information... #rant #cussing #spitintothewind - Joel Bennett

@infintelymeta I'd love some tips for intelligent tagging! - Jason Miller

@seanmcdhai But tags (hash or otherwise) put a comment/statement in a broader context. For example, I'm interested in transforming higher education. Often, the comments I make wouldn't come up if someone searched for 'higher education' because I'm talking about web pages, or replacements for textbooks, or how students learn. By putting a hashtag (e.g., #highered), I hope to make a link between my small thought and a bigger idea. Is there a better way to do this? - Jason Miller

@Alfredo - I have 3 of the 1000HE models. Main difference: full size right shift key, bigger battery (10.5 hours supposedly), and it's a lot slimmer and sleeker than the HE, - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

One more big diff - the multi-touch mouse pad and key are pretty much built into the shell now. Single mouse button. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

They also changed the hinge design and moved away from the circular hinges and replaced with a more recessed design. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

how much is the 1005HA? - Alfredo

$389 at Amazon - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

I'll be using this one to stream the fireworks over Lake Union on Saturday. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Wow. The touchpad is like nothing I've ever used. It's got tiny bumps on it. Going through XP setup now.... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

The screen seems a lot brighter and crisper too as compared to the 1000HE - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Another difference - the power input is on the left side as is the VGA out, single USB, and laptop lock. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Another diff: There are only 2 buttons above the row of function keys - one for power (on the right) and one the interestingly enough - turns the touchpad on/off. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

did you upgrade to a 2GB stick? - Alfredo

Yes Alfredo. 2GB - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

waiting for ion here also... - Adi Rabinovich

If I cop a 1005HA, can I swap the 2gb stick I put in my 900 into it? - Richard Lawler

Here's their chart on Google Finance http://www.google.com/finance... - Alex Scoble

Hmmm. Looking at their historical numbers, seems pretty flat Alex. I'm into real estate, not stock, so I wouldn't know the first thing about how to really assess their performance / potential. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

@Richard - I think you should be able to. I swapped one of mine from my 1000HE just now. As long as it's 200 pin DDR2 RAM, you should be all set. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg